I'm getting that foreboding feeling I've been getting awhile before the whole shitshow recently happened again. We've seen that they're willing to jail their opposition, if they can get away with it they'll ban them outright, we've seen how they'll organise intelligence agencies to help an assassination against their opposition if none of that works.
Who's to say they won't just turn around after seeing polling and say nah, you're not getting in to Trump? They could end up doing it during the election itself if they think he's going to win. Who would fucking stop them? Most people are total larpers, the normies would cheer it on because orange man bad and I wouldn't be surprised if they went as far as to have Kamala simply sworn in then and there with the media all celebrating it. I think they might try and do this even if he managed to score a landslide despite their cheating which given how thoroughly unpopular Harris is even among leftists is entirely possible.
Again, it's not as if they wouldn't pull this sort of shit and rub it in everyone's faces, they've done far worse publicly.
It's...a weird situation.
I'm not "blackpilled" or anything, but I can definitely see the possibility of some serious fuckery. And, much more disappointingly, I can absolutely see the possibility where there's some absolute fuckery...and no one bothers to do anything about it. That's the lame part.
I don't think it's the likeliest outcome, but they could try to suspend US elections, for the first time ever, and the mass majority would just nod. And the people who have been crying about insurrections would actually cheer.
They could also jail Trump before the election. They could also say he's ineligible, after he wins. Which, ironically, is exactly what they accused him of trying to do. But it would be fine when they do it.
The pathetic part is how so many people would go along with it. It's not the sole cause, but we're all so fucking comfortable in this modern world. It could take years or decades after an obvious coup to reach any sort of point where people say enough. Heck, we've already had plenty of US coups, going back decades. We just do it bloodlessly nowadays.
One positive is, just like with our republic, it's not just majority rules. Even if most people go along with it, enough people in concentrated areas might object that we'd see a sea change, and a shifting of the Overton window. Texas, for example. While they're not as based as people say, they've still got the potential to push back, and plenty of other states are similar. So you might see a situation where, even if the people aren't objecting in any organized way, individual states push back and refuse to go along with it. Which, again, leads to some more interesting situations.
Anyway, it's something to keep in mind - Dems definitely aren't above trying it - but I don't think it's the likeliest...although it's more likely than it's ever been in US history so, if it were going to happen, now would be ripe for it.
But, if they can't cheat, and Trump wins, I think the likeliest outcome is they'll fight it, but have to let him in. If Trump can score that "official" win, they're whine and cry, but he'll end up in office.